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July 4

Lance Corporal Paul Smith, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment dies at the 24th Evac from wounds from an enemy mine explosion.  (Source: 5th Battalion Operations and History Site)


July 20

Did you have a chance to look at the moon the night of July 20th?

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The front page of the Stars & Stripes.
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July 22

1LT  Carl Douglas Shirley, 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry, was severely wounded and evacuated to the 24th Evac where he succumbed to his wounds. He  was born on March 15, 1944. He became a member of the Army while in High Point, North Carolina and attained the rank of 1LT (O2).  At the age of 25, he gave his life in the service of our country in South Vietnam, Binh Long Province. (Source: Fred Sheetz)

As found on The Wall - 

You can find CARL SHIRLEY honored on the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Panel 20W, Row 34.

CARL DOUGLAS SHIRLEY

My Brother, Doug

While he lived only 25 years, in that brief time he carved a lasting niche in my heart. Wonderful memories which, while different, are there forever with those who knew him. He is greatly missed these thirty some years later. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery beneath a lovely crab apple tree.

Submitted by J. Shirley on 1/14/2000

Relationship to Veteran: sister


July 30

First Lady Pat Nixon (wife of President Richard Nixon) Visited the 24th Evacuation Hospital

Here is what Sp Ed Fortmiller wrote home on August 1, 1969:

"Mrs. Nixon visited the hospital (Wds 8, 9, 10) this past Wednesday (7/30) but hardly any of us got to see her and they made everybody stay inside the hospital buildings and had MP's watching the doors so no one could come out. Before she came the Chief Nurse took all the bad (seriously injured) patients off Wds (8, 9, 10) and moved other ones in. It's too bad she didn't get to see some of the serious wounded patients lying on some of the other wards. During the time an ambulance tried to bring some patients to the hospital but the MP's would not let it in so the patients had to lie in a hot ambulance for about an hour before receiving medical attention. Just about everybody around here is upset and many of them are writing their congressmen."


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